CALGARY, ALBERTA – Sixty of Canada’s top women’s hockey players will be in Dartmouth, NS October, 7-12,
2003 for the “Team Canada Thanksgiving Festival” with the hope of being part of Canada’s team at the 2004
IIHF World Women’s Hockey Championship in Halifax, Hockey Canada announced on Wednesday.

The Festival, which launches the 2003-04 season for Team Canada, features a three-team tournament of Canadian
women’s hockey players, from October 7-12, 2003 at the Dartmouth Sportsplex in Dartmouth, NS. A full
schedule, including eight games and a skills competition, is attached. This Festival is for evaluation
purposes, and no final roster will be named at the conclusion of this camp.

"October marks the beginning for Team Canada and once again Halifax is in the heart of the action," says Fred
MacGillivray, President and CEO of Trade Centre Limited and Chair of the 2004 IIHF World Women's Hockey
Championship host committee. "Our goal is simple, to take the World Women's to the next level by providing
the best ever tournament and solidifying Halifax as the best event city in the country!"

" This is where things really start to heat up," says Grant MacDonald, Event Manager, 2004 IIHF World Women's
Hockey Championship. "The Team Canada Thanksgiving Festival gives hockey fans a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to see Team Canada in its making. Tickets are $5.00 for adults and $2.00 for youth. We wanted
everyone to have an opportunity to come out and share the spirit."

Hockey Canada also announced the list of sixty Canadian players and three team rosters for the Thanksgiving
Festival. The list of sixty players includes seventeen members of the 2002 Olympic Champions and nineteen of
the twenty players named to the 2003 World Championship Team. (The 2003 IIHF Women’s World Championship, to
be held in Beijing, China, was cancelled by the IIHF due to health and security concerns).

The sixty players attending the Thanksgiving Festival were selected following a thorough scouting and
evaluation process, led by the National Women’s Team coaching staff and Hockey Canada’s Head Scout for the
women’s programs, Wally Kozak. Over the course of the 2003-04 season, Kozak and the coaching staff will
continue to evaluate these sixty elite players and others (at Team Canada events and with their club teams in
the NWHL, College/University, and other), in preparation of naming of the final roster for the World
Championship which will be named in February 2004.

The three Fesitval teams have been named ‘Team Scherer’, ‘Team St-Louis’ and ‘Team Wilson’, in honour of
Canada’s first three Women’s World Championship captains, Sue Scherer (1990), France St-Louis (1992, 1994)
and Stacy Wilson (1997).

The National Women’s Team coaching staff for the 2003-04 season was announced in early September, with Karen
Hughes returning as Head Coach, along with assistant coaches Ken Dufton and Doug Lidster.

TEAM SCHERER / É QUIPE
SCHERER

Player

S/C

Ht.

Wt.

Birthdate

Hometown

2002-2003 Team

Joueur

L/C

T.

P.

Naissance

Ville d'origine

Équipe 2002-2003

Goaltenders/Gardiennes de
but

Houston, Ali

L/G

5'6

150

05/16/79

Kanata, ON

Oakville Ice (NWHL)

St-Pierre, Kim

L/G

5'8

150

12/14/78

Châteauguay, QC

TBD/À déterminer

Defence/Defense

Bredin, Correne

L/G

5'11

195

02/11/80

Warburg, AB

Calgary X-Treme (NWHL)

Kaye, Sue

L/G

5'6

160

02/08/80

Truro, NS

TBD/À déterminer

Laska, Suzie

L/G

5'9

145

11/01/79

Cobden, ON

Ottawa Raiders (NWHL)

MacLeod, Carla

R/D

5'4

138

06/16/82

Calgary, AB

U of Wisconsin (WCHA)

Pounder, Cheryl

R/D

5'6

145

06/21/76

Mississauga, ON

Toronto Aeros (NWHL)

Russell, Navada

R/D

5'5

165

06/30/81

Calgary, AB

Calgary X-Treme (NWHL)

Forwards/Avants

Apps, Gillian

L/G

5'11

179

11/02/83

Unionville, ON

Dartmouth College (ECAC)

Botterill, Jennifer

L/G

5'9

155

05/01/79

Winnipeg, MB

Toronto Aeros (NWHL)

Bourgeois, Danielle

L/G

5'4

141

07/15/81

Edmonton, AB

U. of Alberta (CIS)

Goyette, Danielle

L/G

5'7

152

01/30/66

St-Nazaire, QC

Calgary X-Treme (NWHL)

Hall, Kaley

L/G

5'7

158

05/14/84

Calgary, AB

Calgary X-Treme (NWHL)

Logan, Heather

L/G

5'10

155

05/14/82

Napanee, ON

Toronto Aeros (NWHL)

Misikowitz, Kira

R/D

5'10

140

03/14/79

Mississauga, ON

Oakville Ice (NWHL)

Riggs, Ashley

L/G

5'3

125

03/25/85

Pickering, ON

Telus Lightning (NWHL)

Savin, Jill

R/D

5'4

140

05/20/81

Oakville, ON

Univ. of Toronto (CIS)

Shewchuk, Tammy Lee

R/D

5'4

136

12/31/77

St-Laurent, QC

TBD/À déterminer

Sunohara, Vicky

L/G

5'7

182

05/18/70

Scarborough, ON

Brampton Thunder (NWHL)

Weatherston, Katherine

R/D

5'4

146

04/06/83

Thunder Bay, ON

Dartmouth College (ECAC)

TEAM ST-LOUIS / É QUIPE
ST-LOUIS

Player

S/C

Ht.

Wt.

Birthdate

Hometown

2002-2003 Team

Joueur

L/C

T.

P.

Naissance

Ville d'origine

Équipe 2002-2003

Goaltenders/Gardiennes de
but

Chartier, Brittony

L/G

6'0

157

01/25/86

Saskatoon, SK

Calgary X-Treme (NWHL)

Small, Sami Jo

L/G

5'7

187

03/25/76

Winnipeg, MB

Toronto Aeros (NWHL)

Defence/Defense

Bilodeau, Virginie

L/G

5'4

125

02/03/78

St-Etienne Lauzon, QC

Montreal Axion (NWHL)

Ferrari, Gillian

R/D

5'8

154

06/23/80

Thornhill, ON

Toronto Aeros (NWHL)

Gagnon, Melanie

R/D

5'5

135

06/11/86

St. Adolphe, MB

Calgary X-Treme (NWHL)

Kellar, Becky

L/G

5'7

156

01/01/75

Hagersville, ON

Toronto Aeros (NWHL)

Klein-Swormink, Becky

R/D

5'8

140

09/10/81

Winchester, ON

Calgary X-Treme (NWHL)

Malcher, Kim

L/G

5'8

178

01/28/80

Bolton, ON

Toronto Aeros (NWHL)

Forwards/Avants

Antal, Dana

R/D

5'7

138

04/19/77

Esterhazy, SK

Calgary X-Treme (NWHL)

Breton, Lisa-Marie

L/G

5'4

1xx

08/03/77

St-Zacharie, QC

Montreal Axion (NWHL)

Campbell, Cassie

L/G

5'8

150

11/22/73

Brampton, ON

Calgary X-Treme (NWHL)

Clarke, La Toya

L/G

5'3

140

06/11/81

Pickering, ON

U. of Minnesota (WCHA)

Desrosiers, Annie

L/G

5'8

160

07/29/80

St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, QC

Toronto Aeros (NWHL)

Eustace, Joanne

R/D

5'6

152

01/20/81

Torbay, NF

Telus Lightning (NWHL)

Grills, Chelsea

L/G

5'6

145

03/12/85

Stittsville, ON

St. Lawrence U. (ECAC)

Hefford, Jayna

L/G

5'5

143

05/14/77

Kingston, ON

Brampton Thunder (NWHL)

Piper, Cherie

R/D

5'5

173

06/29/81

Scarborough, ON

Dartmouth College (ECAC)

Stephenson, Darlene

R/D

5'5

144

12/03/81

Virden, MB

Providence (EAST)

Walton, Meagan

R/D

5'7

158

08/23/83

Calgary, AB

Dartmouth College (ECAC)

West, Sommer

R/D

5'8

160

04/24/78

Bowmanville, ON

Toronto Aeros (NWHL)

TEAM WILSON / É QUIPE
WILSON

Player

S/C

Ht.

Wt.

Birthdate

Hometown

2002-2003 Team

Joueur

L/C

T.

P.

Naissance

Ville d'origine

Équipe 2002-2003

Goaltenders/Gardiennes de
but

Labonté, Charline

L/G

5'8

172

10/15/82

Boisbriand, QC

Montreal Axion (NWHL)

Pinelli, Tania

L/G

5'6

156

05/11/79

Hamilton, ON

Oakville Ice (NWHL)

Defence/Defense

Brisson, Therese

R/D

5'7

164

10/05/66

Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC

Oakville Ice (NWHL)

Chartrand, Cathy

R/D

5'10

194

05/08/81

Lac Nominingue, QC

Montreal (NWHL)

Collins, Delaney

L/G

5'3

129

05/02/77

Pilot Mound, MB

U. of Alberta (CIS)

McArthur, Krista

L/G

5'7

147

02/14/83

Alliston, ON

U of Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA

Sostorics, Colleen

5'4

177

140

12/17/79

Kennedy, SK

Calgary X-Treme (NWHL)

Turner, Cassandra

R/D

5'7

190

05/20/81

Campbellford, ON

Toronto Aeros (NWHL)

Forwards/Avants

Allard, Marie-Claude

R/D

5'4

150

03/18/79

Neufchatel, QC

Montréal Axion (NWHL)

Béchard, Kelly

R/D

5'9

145

01/22/78

Sedley, SK

Calgary X-Treme (NWHL)

Creary, Jeni

R/D

5'5

142

09/28/83

Shell Lake, SK

Ohio State University (WCHA)

Drolet, Nancy

L/G

5'6

145

08/02/73

Drummondville, QC

TBD/À déterminer

Dupuis, Lori

L/G

5'8

169

11/14/72

Cornwall, ON

Brampton Thunder (NWHL)

Haggard, Carly

R/D

5'5

181

04/12/81

Port Alberni, BC

Oakville Ice (NWHL)

Holmes, Samantha

R/D

5'8

152

06/23/77

Mississauga, ON

Calgary X-Treme (NWHL)

Hunter, Meaghan

L/G

5'9

158

04/20/81

Oil Springs, ON

U. of Wisconsin (WCHA)

Kingsbury, Gina

L/G

5'7

140

11/26/81

Rouyn-Noranda, QC

St. Lawrence U. (ECAC)

Ouellette, Caroline

L/G

5'11

174

05/25/79

Montréal, QC

Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)

Perks, Lara

R/D

5'8

166

08/09/81

Trenton, ON

Toronto Aeros (NWHL)

Vaillancourt, Sarah

R/D

5'5

142

05/08/85

Sherbrooke, QC

Pomfret Prep (US HS)

The IIHF World Women’s Hockey Championship will once again be hosted inCanada in 2004. The 2004 IIHF World
Women’s Hockey Championship will runfrom March 30- in Halifax, NS.